Electronic device

ABSTRACT

An electronic device includes a first body, a second body and a display element. The second body is pivotally connected to the first end of the first body. The display element is pivotally connected to the second end of the first body. The first body is adapted to move relatively to the display element, and the second body is adapted to move relatively to the first body. Therefore, the first body and the second body can support the display element remaining erected.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e)on Patent Application No. 61/718,540 filed in the United States on Oct.25, 2012, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated byreference.

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The disclosure relates to an electronic device, and more particularly toa portable electronic device.

2. Related Art

Although portable electronic devices are designed to be more compact,lighter and thinner, humans still have to view the monitor at a slightlydownward direction, and human eyes is required to face toward the normaldirection of the monitor. In this way, human has hunched-over withviewing an electronic device disposed flatly on a desk. Therefore, theelectronic devices are designed in various different ways to enable themonitor to be erected to please human beings when viewing the monitor.

Its monitor can be erected relatively to the main body via hingearrangements to laptop, but no such designs for tablet and smart phone.Therefore, users usually have to purchase other accessories to make themonitor stand.

SUMMARY

An electronic device provided by an embodiment of the disclosurecomprises a first body, a second body and a display element. The firstbody has a first end and a second end disposed opposite to each other.The second body is pivotally connected to the first end of the firstbody. The display element is pivotally connected to the second end ofthe first body. The first body is adapted to move relatively to thedisplay element, and the second body is adapted to move relatively tothe first body. Thereby, the first body and the second body can supportthe display element remaining erected.

An electronic device further provided by another embodiment of thepresent disclosure comprises a main body and a display element. The mainbody comprises a first body and a second body. The first body has afirst end and a second end disposed opposite to each other. The secondbody is pivotally connected to the first end of the first body. Thedisplay element is pivotally connected to the second end of the firstbody. The first body and the second body are adapted to move relativelyto each other to form an acute angle for supporting the display elementto form an acute angle with the first body.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosure will become more fully understood from the detaileddescription given herein below for illustration only, and thus dose notlimit the present disclosure, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to anembodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the electronic device of FIG. 1 at anunfolded position;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the electronic device of FIG. 1 at anerecting position;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an electronic device at an erectingposition according to another embodiment of the disclosure; and

FIG. 5 is a top view of an electronic device at a holding positionaccording to another embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation,numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thoroughunderstanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent,however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without thesespecific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devicesare schematically shown in order to simplify the drawing.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a perspective view of an electronicdevice 10 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The electronicdevice 10 comprises a main body 11 and a display element 12. The mainbody 11 comprises a first body 111 and a second body 112. The first body111 has a first end 111 a and a second end 111 b. The first end 111 aand the second end 111 b are disposed oppositely to each other. Thesecond body 112 is pivotally connected to the first end 111 a of thefirst body 111. The display element 12 is pivotally connected to thesecond end 111 b of the first body 111. A width of the first body 111 inan X direction may be the same as a width of the second body 112 in theX direction. But it should not be construed as a limitation to thedisclosure. The total amount of the width of the first body 111 in the Xdirection and the width of the second body 112 in the X direction can bethe same as a width of the display element 12 in the X direction. But itshould not be construed as a limitation to the present disclosure. Thefirst body 111 is adapted to move relatively to the display element 12.The second body 112 is adapted to move relatively to the first body 111.The display element 12 has a touch panel 12 a for users to touch andcontrol the electronic device 10. When the electronic device 10 is at afolded position, the main body 11 may be arranged contacting the displayelement 12, as shown in FIG. 1. In other embodiments, the total amountof the width of the first body 111 in the X direction and the width ofthe second body 112 in the X direction may be greater than or less thanthe width of the display element 12 in the X direction.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a perspective view of the electronicdevice 10 of FIG. 1 at an unfolded position. The display element 12 ispivotally connected to the first body 111 by a pair of hinges 13. Thedisplay element 12 may be turned to detach from the first body 111 andthe second body 112 through the hinges 13 along a Y axis, such that thedisplay element 12 is not contacting directly the first body 111 and thesecond body 112. A conducting cable 13 a passes through the hinges 13 tobe electrically connected to the display element 12 and the first body111. The second body 112 is electrically connected to the first body 111through a flexible flat cable 14. The first body 111 has a control unit111 c. The control unit 111 c is configured to control the displayelement 12 through the conducting cable 13 a. The second body 112 has apower 112 a. The power 112 a is used for providing an operating powerfor the control unit 111 c through the flexile flat cable 14, and theoperating power is further provided for the display element 12 throughthe conducting cable 13 a inside the hinges 13. In other embodiments,the control unit 111 c is disposed in the second body 112 and the power112 a is disposed in the first body 111. Or, in other embodiments, boththe control unit 111 c and the power 112 a are disposed in the firstbody 111.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a perspective view of the electronicdevice 10 of FIG. 1 at an erecting position. The display element 12 hasa back side 121. A plurality of positioning elements 15 is disposed onthe back side 121. The second body 112 is adapted to be turned towardthe display element 12 along the Y axis and pressed against one of thepositioning elements 15. At this point, the first body 111, the secondbody 112 and a part of the display element 12 form a triangle together.The first body 111 and the second body 112 are adapted to moverelatively to each other to form an acute angle θ2 less than 90 degrees.The second body 112 may support the display element 12, and thereby thedisplay element 12 and the first body 111 in the horizontal plane forman acute angle θ1 less than 90 degrees.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a perspective view of an electronicdevice 10 a at an erecting position according to another embodiment ofthe disclosure. In this embodiment, the display element 12 has a pair ofside edge extension portions 16 disposed adjacent to the first body 111.The side edge extension portions 16 extend toward with a normaldirection of the back side 121 of the display element 12. Each of aplurality pairs of positioning elements 15 a is separated from eachother and the plurality pairs of positioning elements 15 a are disposedon the back side 121 of the display element 12. The positioning elements15 a are disposed adjacent to the pair of the side edge extensionportions 16. The second body 112 is adapted to be turned toward thedisplay element 12 along the Y axis as well as pressed against one ofthe pairs of the positioning elements 15 a.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a top view of an electronic device 10 bat a holding position according to another embodiment of the disclosure.In this embodiment, the second body 112 is pivotally connected to thefirst body 111 through at least a pivot 17. Therefore, the second body112 is adapted to be rotated and folded to contact the first body 111.The first body 111 is adapted to be turned and moved to contact thedisplay element 12. Thereby, a part of the display element 12 iscontacting directly the first body 111 as well as the first body 111 iscontacting directly the second body 112. In this embodiment, the firstbody 111 and the second body 112 are attached to each other before bothof them are attached to the surface of the display element 12.Therefore, the center of gravity of the electronic device 10 b can beoffset to the right to be contacting the display element 12, the firstbody 111 and the second body 112. A user can hold the contacting part ofthe display element 12, the first body 111 and the second body 112 ofthe electronic device 10 b. Therefore, a distance between the center ofgravity of the electronic device 10 b and the hand of the user, that isthe arm of force of the user hand relative to the gravity, is shortened;and the moment caused by the gravity to the hand is also shortened. Theuser does not have to provide a large moment for resisting the momentcaused by the gravity to the electronic device 10 b. Thus, the user canhold the electronic device 10 b with its ergonomic design in foldingshapes.

According to the electronic device of the present disclosure, by usingthe first body, the second body and a part of the display element toform a triangle together, or by moving the first body and the secondbody relatively to each other to form an acute angle for supporting thedisplay element to form an acute angle with the first body, the secondbody can support the display element remaining erected. Therefore, theelectronic device itself can be used for erecting the display elementwithout having the users to install other accessories. Also, the usercan save the costs for purchasing other accessories and can avoid havingto additionally carry other accessories with the electronic device.Furthermore, since a part of the display element is contacting directlythe first body and the second body, the center of gravity of theelectronic device is changed. When the user holds the overlapping partof the display element, the first body and the second body, the userdoes not have to provide a large moment for resisting the moment causedby the gravity to the electronic device. Therefore, it is convenient andcomfortable for the user to handle.

What is claimed is:
 1. An electronic device, comprising: a first bodyhaving a first end and a second end oppositely to each other; a secondbody pivotally connected to the first end of the first body; and adisplay element pivotally connected to the second end of the first body;wherein the first body is adapted to move relatively to the displayelement and the second body is adapted to move relatively to the firstbody, which causes the first body, the second body and a part of thedisplay element to form a triangle together.
 2. The electronic device asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the display element has a back side, thedisplay element comprises a plurality of positioning elements disposedon the back side, when the first body, the second body and a part of thedisplay element form the triangle together, and the second body ispressed against one of the plurality of positioning elements.
 3. Theelectronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the display element hasa pair of side edge extension portions disposed adjacent to the firstbody, and the plurality of positioning elements are disposed adjacent tothe side edge extension portions.
 4. The electronic device as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the first body and the second body are adapted to moveto contact the display element.
 5. The electronic device as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the second body is adapted to move to contact the firstbody, and the first body is adapted to move to contact the displayelement.
 6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein thedisplay element is electrically connected to the first body, and thefirst body has a control unit configured to control the display element.7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second bodyis electrically connected to the first body, and the second body has apower configured to supply an operating power for the control unit andthe display element.
 8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1,wherein the display element is electrically connected to the first body,the second body is electrically connected to the first body, and thesecond body has a control unit configured to control the display elementthrough the first body.
 9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8,wherein the first body has a power for supplying an operating power forthe control unit and the display element.
 10. The electronic device asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the display element has a touch panel. 11.An electronic device, comprising: a main body, comprising: a first bodyhaving a first end and a second end disposed opposite to each other; anda second body pivotally connected to the first end of the first body;and a display element pivotally connected to the second end of the firstbody; wherein the first body and the second body are adapted to moverelatively to each other to form an acute angle for supporting thedisplay element to form an acute angle with the first body.